Piercy v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 117 — Action by L. F. Piercy against S. G. Smith and Others-for Increase in His Salary as School Superintendent.— APPEAL FROM CLINTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for -Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. We contend: 1. That the salary of the school superintendent must be fixed , annually, and at the end of the year for which the salary is to be paid, and the amount allowed for any one year can not have any influence on 'the amount of salary for the succeeding year.
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Case 117 — Action by L. F. Piercy against S. G. Smith and Others-for Increase in His Salary as School Superintendent.— APPEAL FROM CLINTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for -Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. We contend: 1. That the salary of the school superintendent must be fixed , annually, and at the end of the year for which the salary is to be paid, and the amount allowed for any one year can not have any influence on 'the amount of salary for the succeeding year. But the court must fix the salary for each year within the limits prescribed by law in force at the time the salary is fixed.…
1Opinion of the Court
•Opinion ox the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Affirming.
Appellant was elected county superintendent of common schools f.or Clinton county, November, 1901, when the láw as to the compensation of such officers was as embraced! in section 4419, Ky. St. 1903; that i$, his salary should be allowed annually by the fiscal court of his county, based on the number of children reported in the census report of the district trustees of such county, which salary -should not be less than eight cents nor more than twenty cents for each pupil child thus reported, but wherein it *992was provided “that no salary shall be…
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